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Reckonings

We ask this court to affirm byinternational penal action, man's right to livein peace and...

We ask this court to affirm by
international penal action, man's right to live
in peace and dignity, regardless of his race or creed

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- We ask this court to affirm by international penal action,
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man's right to live in peace and dignity,
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regardless of his race or creed.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
37
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:28
Uploaded
Mar 17, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Go2Films

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Could the perpetrators face their crimes? Could any compensation deliver justice to the survivors? Under the threat of violence, 6 years after the Holocaust, a group of German and Jewish leaders pushed for reparations as a step to...
When I was still a student at the Harvard law school, - Reckonings 00:13
When I was still a student at the Harvard law school,
[michael] He had been drafted into the army right out of law school - Reckonings 00:07
[michael] He had been drafted into the army right out of law...
Nevertheless, he was tapped - Reckonings 00:14
Nevertheless, he was tapped
- The case we present is a plea of humanity to law. - Reckonings 00:07
- The case we present is a plea of humanity to law.
We decided very early on, we're not going to ask for anything - Reckonings 00:07
We decided very early on, we're not going to ask for an...
It was too difficult for us to say - Reckonings 00:08
It was too difficult for us to say
Or you're worth more than somebody else who was killed. - Reckonings 00:05
Or you're worth more than somebody else who was killed.
[Michael] The most important basis for individual survivor claims against Germany - Reckonings 00:07
[Michael] The most important basis for individual survivor c...
- And there was a second claim, which was based on the value of the property - Reckonings 00:15
- And there was a second claim, which was based on the value...
- The Holocaust was not only a war against the Jewish people. - Reckonings 00:07
- The Holocaust was not only a war against the Jewish people...
It was the biggest asset stripping operation in history. - Reckonings 00:05
It was the biggest asset stripping operation in history.
- Whole families were completely annihilated. - Reckonings 00:05
- Whole families were completely annihilated.
And suddenly there was property, but there were no appropriators anymore. - Reckonings 00:05
And suddenly there was property, but there were no appropria...
Who is going to claim that property? - Reckonings 00:05
Who is going to claim that property?
It cannot happen that property will become legal property - Reckonings 00:10
It cannot happen that property will become legal property
You have murdered, and now you are going to appropriate - Reckonings 00:08
You have murdered, and now you are going to appropriate
That's morally unacceptable, in any culture of the world. - Reckonings 00:06
That's morally unacceptable, in any culture of the worl...
[Rachel] The idea was that the German compensation would assist - Reckonings 00:09
[Rachel] The idea was that the German compensation would ass...
But this did not constitute in itself an acknowledgement - Reckonings 00:11
But this did not constitute in itself an acknowledgement
After liberation, - Reckonings 00:15
After liberation,